Financial firms

News on software quality engineering and testing at banks, capital markets forms and insurance companies.

Applause CTO: software standards at risk as QA teams feel the heat

Applause CTO Rob Mason warns QA teams could reach “boiling point” this year as firms rush to release new testing...
vikas Deshmukh, senior VP technology at Fino Payments Bank in Mumbai, India

Fino Payments Bank exec on grappling with legacy systems

Vikas Deshmukh of Fino Payments Bank says many banks aross the world are grappling with outdated and challenging-to-sustain legacy systems...
London-based James Hughes, VP of solutions engineering and enterprise chief technology officer at Rubrik

DORA is breaking the bank for many UK finance firms

Banks and other finserv firms are experiencing a "serious financial strain" as they work to meet regulatory requirements, says James...
Cambridge, UK-based Neil Acworth, since March of 2024 chief information security officer of Encompass Corporation

DORA Q&A: Finance firms should tailor testing, says Encompass CISO

As the implementation deadline for the EU’s DORA regulation is a mere two days away, QA Financial catches up with...
New York City, one of the world's main banking hubs

Banks to feel the heat as watchdogs step up digital resilience oversight

The financial services space can expect more intense scrutiny of firms' digital resilience this year, according to Christopher Woolard of...

UK’s Monument claims 213% ROI boost after Quinnox project

Monument bank claims the QA project with Quinnox has resulted in a 213% return on investment and over $1 million...
Henrik Hartvig Jensen, principal software engineer at Danske Bank in Copenhagen, Denmark

Danske Bank’s aims for ‘first-mover advantage’ in QA strategy

Discussing an extensive software project with IBM in 2024, Henrik Hartvig Jensen says Danske Bank "aims to achieve first-mover advantage"...

2025 may open new frontiers in digital transformation for banks

The distance between progressive banks - players who embrace GenAI and tech - and slow-moving laggards widened last year, says...
London-based Jack Armstrong of EY

UK watchdogs to tighten incident reporting requirements

New proposals in the UK are largely aimed at aligning Britain with the DORA regulation that has been adopted by...

‘Test automation is not a silver bullet’, warns Axway R&D chief

In real-world scenarios, AI-powered test automation often fails, warns Victor Ionascu, R&D director at IT infrastructure firm Axway...

Cetera’s QA chief on navigating post-M&A testing issues

Richelle Paulsen, the QA director at Cetera Financial Group, discusses how the wealth manager handles testing challenges while being acquisitive...

Exclusive: TD’s AI chief on the bank’s GenAI-led QA strategy

QA Financial sits down with Toronto-based Maksims Volkovs, senior VP and chief AI scientist at TD, one of Canada's largest...